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Falmouth, Yarmouth, Brewster, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Chatham, Dennis, Mashpee, Bourne, Sandwich and Harwich voters passed a public advisory question to call on Governor Patrick to request the Nuclear Regulatory Commission uphold their mandate to close the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station because the public safety of Cape Cod cannot be assured.
Demonstrators lined the sidewalk in front of the JFK Federal Building in Government Center Tuesday afternoon.
We invite our readers to send questions that we will pose to CapeNet, OpenCape and Comcast

"The biggest question I've been asked here today is 'why are you here?' And I guess I would answer that with a question which is 'where's everyone else?'"
LGBT elders asked to get involved, take on leadership roles

Chief responds to Yarmouth leaders, business owners looking to curb media contact

Road change to ease expected traffic congestion during polling hours
No hope for Pope - Shaver-Hood's been looking for two years - Frangos holds her students
Cape Downwinders co-founder Diane Turco, nine others arrested attempting to deliver a letter to the owner of the Entergy facility
Attorney General Martha Coakley wants to thresh out why bills are high, and what could be done to lower them.
Town launches development of commuter and recreational bike route improvements

When exactly will this take place? How does one go about getting it?
Tax collections through April have exceeded benchmarks by $510 million, Includes $53,000 for grants to Visitor Information Bureaus

Walter Brooks

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A new plan approved Thursday by the state’s gaming commission opens up more bidding in former Wampanoag-exclusive region
Is clear-cutting at the company's convenience a "right" in a broader sense?
A Jayhawk helicopter crew arrived on scene at approximately 7 a.m. and safely hoisted the man from the Arabella and transported him to Air Station Cape Cod to awaiting EMS.

No need to call 911 on May 17
But state lost 1,400 jobs in April, unemployment rate held at 6.4 percent
Massachusetts ranked 9th on per capita revenues
A tribal casino without revenue-sharing would provide fierce competition to any nearby commercial casino that would have to hand over a portion of profits to the state

Group provides "additional eyes and ears"
$1.4 Billion Housing Bond advances - Buyer's Remorse addressed - Sales Tax Bill doesn't fly - Early Ed Teachers Income Tax Credit proposed - Restaurant Sales Tax Holiday proposed - Sales Tax Holiday debated - America's "Driving Boom" ends - Bill addresses Paver's Scam

The Chapter 90 bond bill authorizes $300 million in state reimbursements of local spending on road and bridge repairs
“Above all we need to say very loudly, very proudly, very clearly that we’re proud to live in a country – whether it’s America or Britain – that is a democracy that loves freedom, that loves diversity, that’s a multiracial country, and we’ll never give in to terrorists”. David Cameron.